Tapioca starch or cassava starch, a product extracted from fresh roots is one of the major commercial starches in the global market. It is ranked as the second, after corn starch. The technology of starch production has been greatly improved from low quality starch produced by sedimentation process to high quality starch produced by fully automated and mechanized, de-watering centrifugal process.

Desiccated coconut is the dried flesh of the coconut meat that has been chopped or grated. Desiccated coconut comes in a wide variety of sizes ranging from snow-like powder to much larger chunks and a whole host of shapes and sizes.

Star anise is the dried, star shaped fruit of Illicium verum. It is used to flavour vegetables, meat, and to marinate meat. It is used as a condiment for flavouring curries, confectionaries, spirits, and for pickling. It is also used in perfumery. The essential oil of star anise is used to flavour soft drinks, bakery products and liquors. The fruit is anti- bacterial, carminative, diuretic and stomachic. It is considered useful in flatulence and spasmodic

Cassia is an evergreen tree originating in southern China, and widely cultivated there and elsewhere in southern and eastern Asia. It is one of several species of Cinnamon used primarily for their aromatic bark, which is used as a spice